This report was first published on the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network's website The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) in collaboration with Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA) and Amnesty International of Southern Africa held the 2020 HRDs Summit virtually due to COVID-19...
Source: The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) is deeply concerned about reports of increasing human rights violations in Tanzania, following the 28 October General Elections. Since preparations for the elections began, State authorities in Tanzania have crushed dissent...
Source: The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network Gone are the days of Mozambique being the donor darling; the days of it being a success story, a model of post-civil war political stability and good macroeconomic policy. Mozambique was briefly Africa’s biggest recipient of aid and...
Source: The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network Photo credit : Global Environment Trust [blockquote text="“I refused to sign. I cannot sell out my people. And if need be, I will die for my people.”" text_color="" width="" line_height="undefined" background_color="#babebf" border_color="" show_quote_icon="yes" quote_icon_color="#000000"] - Tragically, grandmother Fikile Ntshangase’s words...
Source: The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders network In the latest Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Legal Monitor (LM) Protest Edition, the spotlight was on renowned Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga and several other human rights defenders, who were arrested for engaging in protests and how from Bulawayo...
This article was first posted by the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network The Southern Africa Human Rights Roundup is a weekly column aimed at highlighting important human rights news in southern Africa. It integrates efforts of human rights defenders and facilitates evidence-based engagement with key...
